answerphone

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Pronunciation

/ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/(UK)

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/ˈæn.sɜː(ɹ)ˌfəʊn/(UK) · /ˈæn.səˌfəʊn/(UK)

Definition of answerphone

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noun

(British, Commonwealth, Ireland)A telephone containing a built-in device for recording incoming callers’ messages for later retrieval.

“I keep trying to call her, but all I get is the answerphone.”
“It started with a message in my office on that fiendish modern invention, second in its monstrousness only to the television, the answerphone.”

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From answer + (tele)phone.

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